I am riding with a MC club, a friend of mine started. Minions of Caos. LOL Suppose to be 1800 twitters there also, to shield the scum from the services........
Anti-gay church plans to protest Powell children funeral
Credit: KING
by KING 5 News
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Updated today at 11:06 AM
SEATTLE – A notorious anti-gay church known for protesting military funerals says members will be at Saturday’s memorial service for Charlie and Braden Powell, claiming their deaths are payback from God over the state Legislature's support of gay marriage.
Hundreds of people on Facebook and the Occupy Seattle have owed to show up to keep the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funeral, which will be at Life Center Church in Tacoma at 11 a.m.
Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5, died Sunday when police say their father, Josh Powell, intentionally set fire to his home in Graham, Wash. The boys were there on a supervised visit, but the supervisor was locked out of the house.
On her Twitter feed Wednesday, Margie J. Phelps wrote “Westboro will picket the funerals of the Powell boys, Sat.,2/11, 12:15p, to remind @GovGregoire they died because of her rebellion,” and “This is why God's cursed you w Josh Powells blowing up kids.”
Phelps is the daughter of Westboro founder Fred Phelps.
The Washington state Legislature passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage Wednesday. Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign it next week, but it likely will face a voter referendum in November before it can become law.
Almost immediately after Phelps’ tweets, an online campaign began to counter protest Westboro. A Facebook page called “Keep Westboro Church away from Powell Memorial” was launched calling on people to show up at 10 a.m. By Friday morning, nearly 1,800 people planned to attend.
“We will be out in full force to help create a buffer so this memorial can take place peacefully,” the page read.
Occupy Seattle is asking its members to show support, urging them not to shout down Westboro, but to peacefully protect the families from seeing the hateful protests.
"While the Phelps clan will arrive in order to shock and dismay funeral-goers with their slogans of hate, organizers are calling for Occupiers and all Washingtonians in the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area to come to the location of the service, not to disrupt it, but to protect it from Westboro’s abhorrent message," an Occupy Seattle press release reads.
Life Center Church officials say anyone "attempting to use media attention for grotesque political demonstrations will be asked to remain off church property."
Josh Powell's sister, Alina, responded to the threatened
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Westboro-baptist-chuch-powell-funeral-139011374.html
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